Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Our shear load connectors (both for diaphragm wall and slab-slab joints) have
a DAU, Document of Assessment for fitness
of Use, that is the statement of a favorable opinion on the performances of
an innovative product and its intended uses within the field of building and civil
engineering construction.

DAU certificates are done and granted by ITeC (the Catalonian Institute of Construction
Technology) which, according to the Resolution of Spanish Ministry of Housing from 3 September
2010, is included in the General Register of CTE (Spanish Technical Building Code) Authorized Organisms as an approved body for the granting of DAU as technical
assessment for innovative products and systems.

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

For control of cracking, the strength of the steel
in the reinforcement has no influence on the amount of reinforcement needed,
only the area of the cross section.

When the reinforcement
is assigned a structural role, the fact the steel is stronger, does not mean
necessarily that you reduce the amount of reinforcement in the same
proportions. Because
by the requirements of the minimum amount, in the vast majority of cases, steel
does not display even half of the resistance.

It is the parameter of
steel in the masonry reinforcement which really improves the mechanical
performance in the wall is ductility, not resistance. For this reason, to
prevent cracking, moving forces with the reinforcement it is preferable that
the steel has a high percentage of deformation at failure (that is the
parameter which determines ductility) than high resistance.

Friday, 18 July 2014

fisufor® plug has an innovative design that makes it possible to achieve the overlap
between reinforcement without the need for manipulation, keeping the area of
the overlap the same nominal width of the reinforcement.

The ends of the fisufor® plug pieces
have a special geometric configuration in the form of a plug that allows the
overlap of 250mm without having to cut any wire.

Also, the transverse wire in this area is flattened in order to guarantee
the minimum coating of mortar.